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Definition of Cut the umbilical cord

1. Verb. (US idiomatic euphemistic) To end a child's over-dependence on or over-attachment to their parents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cut The Umbilical Cord

cut out of the same cloth
cut price
cut rate
cut red tape
cut scene
cut scenes
cut short
cut someone loose
cut someone some slack
cut splice

cut the cheese
cut the mustard
cut the muster
cut the rug
cut the umbilical cord (current term)
cut through
cut time
cut to
cut to black
cut to pieces

cut to ribbons
cut to the chase
cut to the quick
cut up
cut up rough
cut wind
cutabilities
cutability
cutan

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